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If you adore getting lost in the classics, there are probably more than a few spots you’d love to visit in real life, if only they existed.

Today’s your lucky day, thanks to Into the Wild, which has the inspirations for famous fictional places such as the mysterious mansion in Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, the spot where Sherlock Holmes finally defeated the dreaded Moriarty and so much more.

Pack your bags to see the places you’ve already seen so many times in your imagination.

REBECCA

‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again’ goes the famous first line of Rebecca, referring  to the haunting country house at the centre of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel. Du Maurier was said to have been inspired by the historic estate of Menabilly, on the south coast of Cornwall, where she once stayed.

There are cottages you can rent on the estate, or in nearby Fowey where Du Maurier often stayed, close to the ragged bodmin moors. If you want to explore more sites related to the author, you should take a trip to Launceston and visit the old pub that inspired her famous smuggler’s novel, Jamaica Inn.

THE ILIAD

Set during the Trojan War and the 10-year siege of the city of Troy, the epic poem tells the story of the battle and complicated debate between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. The site of the war is said to be northwest Anatolia, in what is now Turkey. Various cities, such as Ilium, in the reign of the Roman Emporor Augustus, have risen and fallen in its place. Today, a small village, Hisarlik, marks the Troia UNESCO World heritage site, which is well worth a visit for fans of the ancient tale.

Full story at Into the Wild.

The anthropology of fiction.

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